While bullying (see our Soldier’s Tales) is common to all armies, the aberration that is dedovshchina in Russia’s army has a specific history and causes, argues Rodric Braithwaite. Military reform is ...

Throughout the first year of their military service, hundreds of thousands of new recruits in the Russian armed forces face grossly abusive treatment at the hands of more senior conscripts. Under a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Dedovshchina has devastating and lasting consequences for the physical and psychological well-being of conscripts. Tens of thousands of young conscripts try to flee their units every year because of ...

Significant numbers of fighting-aged Russian men are trying to escape President Vladimir Putin’s partial military draft. They don’t want to join the approximately 15,000-25,000 Russians who have been ...

Russia's once mighty armed forces are a haven for sadists, with senior soldiers subjecting their junior colleagues to vicious beatings, torture, sexual violence and death threats, a report said ...

It is telling that in Russia, the largest women’s association deals not with gardening, women’s rights, or education, but with the protection of its sons in the nation’s army. The Union of the ...

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 12/ Trend , K. Zarbaliyeva/ Azerbaijan's military prosecutor says dedovshchina cases are not frequent in military units. "Dedovshchina cases occur very rarely in Azerbaijan's ...